2025 UCI Road World Championships

2025 UCI Road World Championships

Kigali
Venue	Kigali
Date(s)	(2025-09-21 - 2025-09-28)21–28 September 2025
Coordinates	1°56′38″S30°3′34″E / 1.94389°S 30.05944°E / -1.94389; 30.05944
Events	13
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The 2025 UCI Road World Championships is the 98th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It is being held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the first UCI Road World Championships hosted in Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

A total of thirteen events are planned, consisting of six road races, six individual time trials, and a team time trial mixed relay. This is the first year with a standalone women's U23 race; previously, the U23 winner was simply the highest-placed rider under 23 in the women's elite race. ^[3]

2025 UCI Road World Championships 1

Course

The route was announced during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. The road races take place on a 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) circuit around Kigali, with a different number of laps for different events. The elite men's race also includes an extra 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) extension that climbs the Mur du Kigali. ^[4] Kigali sits at an altitude of 1850 metres; the high altitude combined with the amount of climbing led multiple cycling publications to call the route one of the most difficult in the history of the world championships. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – Central Africa Time or UTC+02:00.

Road races

Date	Timings [7]		Event	Distance [7]	Laps [a]
21 September	10:10	12:55	Elite women time trial	31.2 km (19.4 mi)
	13:45	16:50	Elite men time trial	40.6 km (25.2 mi)
22 September	10:35	12:45	Under-23 women time trial	22.6 km (14.0 mi)
	13:35	16:30	Under-23 men time trial	31.2 km (19.4 mi)
23 September	10:45	12:45	Junior women time trial	18.3 km (11.4 mi)
	14:00	16:30	Junior men time trial	22.6 km (14.0 mi)
24 September	12:30	17:00	Mixed team time trial relay	42.4 km (26.3 mi)	2 [b]
25 September	13:05	16:30	Under-23 women road race	119.3 km (74.1 mi)	8
26 September	08:00	11:15	Junior men road race	119.3 km (74.1 mi)	8
	12:00	16:25	Under-23 men road race	164.6 km (102.3 mi)	11
27 September	08:20	10:40	Junior women road race	74.6 km (46.4 mi)	5
	12:05	16:45	Elite women road race	164.6 km (102.3 mi)	11
28 September	09:45	16:45	Elite men road race	267.5 km (166.2 mi)	15 + 1* [c]

Medal summary

Elite events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race details
Men's time trial details	Remco Evenepoel   Belgium	49' 06.03"	Jay Vine   Australia	+ 1'14.80	Ilan Van Wilder   Belgium	+ 2'06.07"
Women's Events
Women's road race details	Magdeleine Vallieres   Canada	4h 34' 48"	Niamh Fisher-Black   New Zealand	+ 23"	Mavi García   Spain	+ 27"
Women's time trial details	Marlen Reusser   Switzerland	43' 09.34"	Anna van der Breggen   Netherlands	+ 51.89"	Demi Vollering   Netherlands	+ 1' 04.73"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay details	Australia Michael Matthews Lucas Plapp Jay Vine Brodie Chapman Amanda Spratt Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	54' 30.47"	France Bruno Armirail Paul Seixas Pavel Sivakov Cédrine Kerbaol Juliette Labous Maeva Squiban	+ 5.24"	Switzerland Jan Christen Stefan Küng Mauro Schmid Jasmin Liechti Marlen Reusser Noemi Rüegg	+ 10.00"

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details	Lorenzo Finn   Italy	3h 57' 24"	Jan Huber   Switzerland	+ 31"	Marco Schrettl   Austria	+ 1' 13"
Men's under-23 time trial details	Jakob Söderqvist   Sweden	38' 24.43"	Nate Pringle   New Zealand	+ 1'03.96"	Maxime Decomble   France	+ 1'04.13"
Women's Under-23 Events
Women's under-23 road race details	Célia Gery   France	3h 57'24"	Viktória Chladoňová   Slovakia	+ 2"	Paula Blasi   Spain	+ 12"
Women's under-23 time trial details	Zoe Backstedt   Great Britain	30' 56.13"	Viktória Chladoňová   Slovakia	+ 1'50.85	Federica Venturelli   Italy	+ 2'11.58

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race details	Harry Hudson   Great Britain	2h 55'19"	Johan Blanc  [ fr ]   France	+ 16"	Jan Jackowiak  [ pl ]   Poland	+ 16"
Men's junior time trial details	Michiel Mouris  [ fr ]   Netherlands	29' 07.61"	Ashlin Barry   United States	+ 6.84"	Seff Van Kerckhove   Belgium	+ 8.58"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race details	Paula Ostiz   Spain	2h 09'19"	Chantal Pegolo   Italy	s.t.	Anja Grossmann  [ es ]   Switzerland	s.t.
Women's junior time trial details	Megan Arens   Netherlands	25' 47.41"	Paula Ostiz   Spain	+ 35.30"	Oda Aune Gissinger   Norway	+ 37.54"

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	2	1	1	4
2	Great Britain	2	0	0	2
3	France	1	2	1	4
4	Spain	1	1	2	4
	Switzerland	1	1	2	4
6	Italy	1	1	1	3
7	Australia	1	1	0	2
8	Belgium	1	0	2	3
9	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
11	New Zealand	0	2	0	2
	Slovakia	0	2	0	2
13	United States	0	1	0	1
14	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		12	12	12	36

Notes

1. For the road races, this denotes the number of laps of the 15.1 km (9.4 mi) circuit, beginning and ending at the Kigali convention center.
2. This denotes the number of laps of the 21.2 km (13.2 mi) circuit; the first lap is completed by three male riders, with the second lap completed by three female riders. ^[8]
3. 9 laps of the Kigali circuit, then an extension circuit that climbs the Mur du Kigal, ending with 6 more laps in Kigali.

References

1. "About Kigali 2025 - UCI Kigali 2025". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2. "UCI Road World Championships: Rwanda selected as first African hosts in 2025". BBC Sport. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
3. Fletcher, Patrick (12 February 2022). "UCI confirms U23 women's category for 2022 Road World Championships, with standalone races from 2025". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
4. Farrand, Stephen (26 September 2024). "With 5,475m of climbing, 2025 Road World Championships in Rwanda to be one of hardest ever". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
5. Cotton, Jim (27 September 2024). "Hardest Road Worlds Ever? Rwanda Reveals Crushing Climb-Loaded Courses for 2025 UCI World Championships". Velo. Archived from the original on 29 January 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
6. Boermans, Hendrik (26 September 2024). "UCI presents brutally tough 2025 World Championships in Rwanda: 5,500 (!) meters of climbing, including climbing time trial". IDL Procycling. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
7. "Race program & schedule". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
8. "Team Time Trial". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

• Official website